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08 Aug 2010, 19:34

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A major film studio announced the release date of a movie based on a novel that, though it was a bestseller when first published, has been out of print for nearly fifteen years. Hoping to capitalize on the anticipated success of the film, the publisher who owns the copyright on the novel plans to print a new edition to be made available the same week the film premieres.

EACH of the following, if true, supports the soundness of the publisher’s plan to capitalize on the success of the film EXCEPT

a The publisher has received permission from the film studio to stamp the words “Now a major motion picture” on the cover of each book.b Last year a new edition of a novel that had been out of print hit the bestseller lists two weeks after a movie biography of its author was released.c The publisher received two hundred thousand dollars after selling the production rights to the film studio.d The actress playing the lead in the film has discussed her love for the novel in nationally televised interviews.e Last year a new edition of an unpopular novel was adapted into a top-grossing film, and sales of the book spiked.

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I don't see how the answer could possibly be D. C is the only answer that seems reasonable; the money the publisher earned from selling production rights has nothing at all to do with its plan to reprint the novel.
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10 Aug 2010, 02:51

Hey I too went for C:

TO elaborate on why I think C is right

a The publisher has received permission from the film studio to stamp the words “Now a major motion picture” on the cover of each book - This will definitely help strengthen the case for the publisherb Last year a new edition of a novel that had been out of print hit the bestseller lists two weeks after a movie biography of its author was released. - Obviosly shows the wisdom of bringing out a new editionc The publisher received two hundred thousand dollars after selling the production rights to the film studio. Does not imply that the book will also be succesful, in fact its out of scope so I think C is rightd The actress playing the lead in the film has discussed her love for the novel in nationally televised interviews. This is good publicity for the book, it may be that such publicity does not help sales but its not totally out of scopee Last year a new edition of an unpopular novel was adapted into a top-grossing film, and sales of the book spiked. Same as B

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This is one of those UnClear Question and should never be used again. Once a question raise so much debate, it is not a good question.

There are some questions which raise a lot of debate and are good (high level) questions for that very reason. This is not one of those questions, unless the logic here has completely eluded me. If D is genuinely the 'OA', it seems like a very poor practice question to me, more confusing than helpful to test takers. I'd be curious to see an 'official explanation' of the answer.
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13 Aug 2010, 10:14

IMO B because this option describes the situation that another novel became a best seller when a movie was made on the author and not the story of the novel. Where as the argument put forward in the question talks about making a movie on the story of the novel and not its author. Other option A, C, D & E in some or other way convey that the movie/novel are worthy.
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